Ex Kildare GAA star suing Sunday World newspaper in High Court

Former Kildare GAA star Brian “Spike” Nolan is suing the Sunday World newspaper for libel for calling him 'the biggest swinger in town'.

The 49-year-old denied in the High Court today that he was an organiser of swinger and wife-swapping parties and said that because of the articles he was ostracised by large numbers of people, embarrassed and humiliated.

However he admitted he attended four private parties with his former girlfriend but insisted he wasn’t comfortable with what was happening and completely quit the scene.

Lawyers said that Mr Nolan is claiming he was defamed by the articles in 2012 and 2013 and that his privacy was breached through the publication of photographs taken at those private events.

The newspaper vehemently denies all the claims and the case in the High Court before Mr Justice O’Connor is expected to take three days.